What happened on that Friday and in the days after, when police rounded up even more kids, would expose an ugly and unsettling culture in Rutherford County, one spanning decades. In the wake of these mass arrests, lawyers would see inside a secretive legal system that’s supposed to protect kids, but in this county did the opposite. Officials flouted the law by wrongfully arresting and jailing children.
Judge Donna Scott Davenport oversees a juvenile justice system in Rutherford County, TN, with a staggering history of jailing children. She said kids must face consequences, which rarely seem to [.]
Judge Donna Scott Davenport oversees a juvenile justice system in Rutherford County, TN, with a staggering history of jailing children. She said kids must face consequences, which rarely seem to [.]
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Chapter 1: “What in the World?
Friday, April 15, 2016: Hobgood Elementary School, Murfreesboro, Tennessee
Three police officers were.